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Three-Time NBA Champion Proclaims End Of Era For Steph Curry, Golden State

Shandel Richardson|
Jan 17, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Steph Curry as President Joe Biden welcomes the Golden State Warriors to the East Room of the White House to celebrate their 2022 NBA championship at The White House. Mandatory Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY
Jan 17, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Steph Curry as President Joe Biden welcomes the Golden State Warriors to the East Room of the White House to celebrate their 2022 NBA championship at The White House. Mandatory Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY | Josh Morgan-USA TODAY

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There was talk of Steph Curry joining the G.O.A.T discussion with another title this season. They would lump him with Michael Jordan and LeBron James. With the Golden State Warriors one game from elimination in the Western Conference semifinals, the chatter has stopped. In fact, now saying his championship window is closing.

Miami Heat great Udonis Haslem feels the Curry title era is done if they lose to the Minnesota Timberwolves. With Curry sidelined due to a hamstring injury, the chances of a comeback are slim.

"Father Time is undefeated," Haslem said on ESPN's Get Up. "He's 37 and Draymond (Green) is 35. Jimmy (Butler) is soon to be 36. No fault of Steph, it's nothing he did wrong. You look at his team since they won, they didn't make the playoffs. This year, they were 10th again. The Jimmy trade moved them up to seventh, got a little life, got a little bit of excitement. But overall, since they won that championship, there's been a decline. It's no fault of Steph. He's been a great player, he's done a great job but it's just time to move on. I don't think they'll win another."

Curry has four championships but is unlikely to get another with the same core. The Warriors need reinforcements to keep pace with the younger Oklahoma City Thunder and Timberwolves.

Even ESPN's Stephen A. Smith agrees with Haslem.

"I think the second we really, really knew in our hearts this was it [for the Warriors] was when they didn't get Kevin Durant to come back," Smith said, sitting alongside Haslem. "I think we've seen the last of Steph Curry as a champion in Golden State."

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here